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Missing in Khao Lak, Thailand

From an email

we desperately need help to locate a man and his son.the wife and 2 of the kids is home in Finland and the son is still bad injured in a hospital in Finland.We have search alot in internet and we have found them listed as swedish and that is wrong since they live in Finland and is only swedish talking.I will copy the information about these missing persons and i pray with all my heart that we can find them.We have also found them listed as *go home* and *injured* but we cant find the link where we found them injured but i found the link where they say they had went home but that is so wrong,they are not home in Finland.The missing persons is:Alf Michael Gustafsson and his son Alexander Gustafsson.Sincerely Ann Lindberg email: torigirls AT hotmail DOT com

Alf Michael Gustafsson [view picture]Age 37, Height: 180-185cm, Weight ~80kg, Brown eyes, Brown hair, Freckled on the back, Short teeth.Wearing: Swim shorts, black with grey markings, Gold(wedding) ring with marking on inside"Carola 7.3.1993"Last seen 26.12.2004 at Blue Village Pakarang Hotel in Khao Lak Thailand at the swimming pool of the hotel when waves hit. He ran out(or tried to) after which lost contact.

Missing in Aceh, Indonesia

From our comments:

I am searching for my friend, Dewi Safitri, from Indonesia. Her birthdate: 21st Oct. 1973. We had thought her safe but this week received an IM from her brother Rey and sister Aman that she was in Aceh, and is now missing. The last postal address I have for her was her brother's in Yogyakarta, so we have no way of knowing exactly where she was at the time of the earthquake and tsunami. I have posted her photo, and registered her name with Aceh Media Center, airputih.or.id, ICRC, and Newscover. If anyone has any information on Dewi's whereabouts, please contact me via email, lyonnesse23@hotmail.com. Thank you. ~Diana Pritchard

Missing in Andaman Nicobar Islands

A group of 4 senior scientists from Pune, India including Dr. Ramesh Bidwe is not traceable since the tsunami attack on 26th Dec 2005 from Nicobar. Kindly contact upon any of the following email address in case any information is received. jpradnya@gmail.comjpradnya@yahoo.com

Missing in Maldives

From a email that we received, Sukanya Sitakrishnan requests:

Kindly help me locate my maternal aunt SWARNALATHA H.V working for MAJITHA SCHOOL, MALE, MALDIVES and her daughters LAKSHMI aged 22 years, PARVATHY alias JUDY aged 20 years and son RAGHU aged 16 years. We have not heard from them since 26/12/2004.

Missing Children in Sri Lanka

1) Sachin Vimukthi , the five year and seven month old son of Dr. W. M. Senadheera, Medical Officer at Galle, Karapitiya General Hospital
has been missing, since December 26. Sachin was wearing a light blue T. shirt with an elephant picture printed on it. One tooth in the upper and two in the lower had been lost at the time of his going missing at Ranliya Hotel, Hambantota.

He sucks the thumb of the right arm as a habit. Any information could be given to Dr. Senadheera through on 091-2246752 or 0777273131. Informant will be rewarded.

2) Eight year-old Hiruni Tharushika Wanniarachchi has been missing since December 26 the day the tsunami hit coastal areas. She was travelling with her parents in the Galle-bound train at the time of the disaster.

Her father Nihal Wanniarachchi seeks public support to find the girl. Contact Nihal on 011-2515961 if you have any information.

3) Sunera Pathmarajadasa, seven and a half and Jinadari Pathmarajadasa, five, admitted to the Karapitiya and Mahamodera hospitals following the tsunami disaster are missing, the children's aunt Sudharma Wickremarachchi of 34 A, Second Lane, Gemunupura, Kothalawala, Kaduwela said.Their parents died in the tsunami, she said. Sunera and Jinadari attended Asian International School and can understand Sinhala but are not fluent in Sinhala. Both are fluent in English.

The two children are about four feet tall and fair in complexion. The children's aunt Sudharma requests to call 0777 586866, 011 2539551, 0712 299409 or to the Children's and Women's Bureau through 011 4444444, 011 2392489 or fax number - 2392588.

Their parents N.P.K. Munasinghe and Kumudu Munasinghe of No. 4/13, Delgahakotuwa, Walala, Menikhinna request the public to provide information regarding their children on 0714763499 or 0812476984.

5) This one and a half year old boy went missing while he was at Ranliya Hotel in Hambantota at the time the tsunami devastated the area. As the boy is unable to speak circulating this message may help locate him quickly.

If there is any information about the child contact his father Mr. Kukulevithana on 047-2220505, 0777-795683, or the HNB-Hambantota.

Missing Children in Sri Lanka

1) Sachin Vimukthi , the five year and seven month old son of Dr. W.
M. Senadheera, Medical Officer at Galle, Karapitiya General Hospital
has been missing, since December 26. Sachin was wearing a light blue
T. shirt with an elephant picture printed on it. One tooth in the
upper and two in the lower had been lost at the time of his going
missing at Ranliya Hotel, Hambantota.

He sucks the thumb of the right arm as a habit. Any information could
be given to Dr. Senadheera through on 091-2246752 or 0777273131.
Informant will be rewarded.

2) Eight year-old Hiruni Tharushika Wanniarachchi has been missing
since December 26 the day the tsunami hit coastal areas. She was
travelling with her parents in the Galle-bound train at the time of
the disaster.

Her father Nihal Wanniarachchi seeks public support to find the girl.
Contact Nihal on 011-2515961 if you have any information.

3) Sunera Pathmarajadasa, seven and a half and Jinadari
Pathmarajadasa, five, admitted to the Karapitiya and Mahamodera
hospitals following the tsunami disaster are missing, the children's
aunt Sudharma Wickremarachchi of 34 A, Second Lane, Gemunupura,
Kothalawala, Kaduwela said.Their parents died in the tsunami, she
said. Sunera and Jinadari attended Asian International School and can
understand Sinhala but are not fluent in Sinhala. Both are fluent in
English.

The two children are about four feet tall and fair in complexion. The
children's aunt Sudharma requests to call 0777 586866, 011 2539551,
0712 299409 or to the Children's and Women's Bureau through 011
4444444, 011 2392489 or fax number - 2392588.

Their parents N.P.K. Munasinghe and Kumudu Munasinghe of No. 4/13,
Delgahakotuwa, Walala, Menikhinna request the public to provide
information regarding their children on 0714763499 or 0812476984.

5) This one and a half year old boy went missing while he was at
Ranliya Hotel in Hambantota at the time the tsunami devastated the
area. As the boy is unable to speak circulating this message may help
locate him quickly.

If there is any information about the child contact his father Mr.
Kukulevithana on 047-2220505, 0777-795683, or the HNB-Hambantota

Help finding missing persons from the West Midlands of England

Thanks to an email we received for this bit of info:

Looking to talk with anyone from the West Midlands, England who is trying to get intouch with a missing loved one in South-East Asia. My newspaper may be ableto help in finding information on their whereabouts. Please send mail,including contact details, to icfeedback@mrn.co.uk.

New Missing Persons Website - InternetAid.org

A new website and Crises center have been created in Bangkok for collecting more information of the missing persons from the Tsunami catastrophe.

Collected information from us will automatically be sent to different missing person’s location around Thailand, Embassies and the Thailand CSI unit in Phuket and Pang Nga.

The person posting, Embassies Authority’s and C.S.I in Thailand will be able to edit and delete the post as soon as the person has been found. A function that before this not existed.

The center will be opened for people to use internet, post ads, talk with fellow compatriots, make overseas calls, post pictures, and add more information to what is happening on a “we remember” website.

Volunteers from different countries run the center through a website company in central Bangkok.

Missing Family in Sri Lanka

Denis Caromel is searching for the rest of his family. Now in France after a weeklong stay in a Colombo, Sri Lanka hospital, he was separated from his wife and two children when they were staying at the Yala Safari Beach Hotel, 1/2 km from the entrance of the Yala National Park in Sri Lanka when the tidal wave reached the area. They were in their room at the hotel.

Help in Finding Missing Persons from Western Region of US

--- From a Blog Reader ---

I am with major media (broadcast) organization and we’re working on stories about Americans (from the Western region of the United States) looking for and finding their family and friends following the tsunami. If you are still looking for your loved ones, we might be interested in covering your personal search. Please contact me with your contact info (including phone number), as we might be able to help you through our news coverage TsunamiSearch@gmail.com

Persons with knowledge of the missing persons are asked to respond to these posts directly. If you are a survivor of the disaster please make an entry here so that friends and relatives can see your status.

Thailand : Free Internet Face Recognition Service

A website set up by RC Group, a specialist biometric company in Hong Kong, offers a free face-matching service to families of the tsunami victims in Phuket Thailand.

Photographs of the dead and injured taken by volunteers in hospitals and emergency centres in Phuket have been loaded on to the site. Families may upload photos of the missing victims which will be automatically scanned against the database using a facial mapping system. Close matches will then be emailed back for relatives to see if it is their loved one. This is a free service, and it is being updated hourly.

Thailand - Site for missing persons

Thailand - internet site aids identification of tsunami victims

Source: ABC News Online

Thailand has set up a web site, http://www.csiphuket.com, for those searching for relatives and friends killed or injured in the tsunami that has swamped tourist-packed beaches along its south-west coast.

The site has been developed by volunteers, including programmers and web site developers.
It aims to put all data available on the dead and missing in one place instead of forcing people to surf over 80 sites set up to track the tragedy.

In a round-the-clock operation, volunteers in the island resort of Phuket enter data from forms filled out by those looking for people at hospitals and Buddhist temples being used as temporary morgues.

They have data on about 4,900 people listed as dead, missing and injured.

Photos of unidentified bodies, bloated and decomposing, are posted on the site, in the hope clothing or jewellery or other personal items pictured with the bodies can be used to identify them.

People can also submit missing-persons forms online.

"Once the body is identified, we take the picture out. We want to respect the families," Chitcharen Vesespadthaya, a businessman who is managing the web site, said.

Missing : Melanie Clough, aged 46 in Phuket

MISSING:
Melanie Clough, a British woman, has been reported missing from Khao Lak Beach, Phuket, Thailand. Melanie is 46 years old, has blonde hair, blue eyes and is 5ft 10 (1.77 m)

She may be identified by a breast scar due to mastectomy and reconstructive surgery. She was last seen wearing purple shorts, a white t-shirt and could have a pink or blue swimming suit underneath her clothes.

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Please contact Mr Wakely ( wakely@btconnect.com ) and/or the British High Commission in your locality with any news as soon as possible.

Missing Persom From Turin, Italy

I'm looking for news of ALBERTO CIRIO, from Turin, Italy. According to his last email (23/12/04) he was travelling with Jessica, a Singaporean girl, and were supposed to go from Hat Yai to Koh Lipe, Thailand, then to Georgetown, Malaysia.

He has a tatoo of a scorpion on his right arm. Here's a picture of him:
http://max.fate16.com/alberto_cirio/alberto_cirio.jpg

Missing Persons: India 12/31- 01/01

01-01
Hello, my name is Wendy Smith and I sponsor two children from the Nirvana Kindergarten and School, Nadukuppam Road, Kottakuppam, Vanur Taluk, Tamil Nadu 605104.
The Childrens names are LENIN. M (9 YEARS OLD) and MADHAVI. R (5 YEARS OLD) I would greatly appreciate any information on my two children, the school and of course all the other children there. Please, any information would be greatly appreciated as I am so worried for them and the whole community.
contact: wendyjanesmith@yahoo.co.uk

01-01
SHAHLAI Family: Nahid, Bahram, Neda and Roozbeh
Please help us locate my sister and her family who were vacationing in India at the time that the tsunami hit. They orginally went to New Dehli but had plans to travel around and loved the coast where the tsunami hit. Since we have not heard from them since Dec 21st, we fear that they may have been on the coast when the tsunami hit. We are asking for them to call my mother in San Jose, CA who is worried sick about them.
Please reply to allenerfan@sbcglobal.net or call (408) 646-7577. Thank you. Allen Erfan

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12-31
Am concerned about three people who are possibly missing:
Ms. Shanti Pillai who resides in India six months a year-has dual citizenship. She is a Faculty Member at Sarah Lawrence College in New York, New York.
Ms. Kristen Jain (International Student from India) who - I believe she as well has dual citizenship. -attends Sarah Lawrence College in New York, New York
Ms. Renata Mellao (Int'l Student from Brazil) and Family members who were on holdiay tour in India. Renata as well is a student at Sarah Lawrence College, in New York, New York. -
I have no photo of the people. Have sent emails, and left messages to their account, but have not heard from them, which is unusual.
contact: eabuba@nyc.rr.com

12-31
My nephew and family are missing following the tsunami disaster.
His name and address is as follows:
HRISHEEKESAN. B
2/75, KANNIKOIL STREET,
SADRAS
KALPAKKOM P.O.
C.H. DISTRICT. PIN: 603 102.
HIS TELEPHONE NUMBER IS 04114-281858.
He is a hindu converted to Muslim. He was working as driver in a state transport office. He is about 55 years old. Names of other members of his family as follows:
WIFE: BADRUNNISSA
SON: SAYYAD BASHA.
DAUGHTER: DAULATUNNISSA.
If you can find any information about them, kindly forward me at my email address: shyamamurali7@yahoo.com.

Missing Persons: Thailand 12/31- 01/01

01-01
missing Michael Picone
From San Diego / Buffalo New York, living in Thailand, intermittantly for the past four years. Moved from island to island.
contact:

01-01
I am Looking for John Jones,originally of cwmbran
South Wales UK, Travelling alone somewhere in
Thailand. I last heared from him on Xmas day have not
heard since.from his sister Diane Guilfoyle.
contact: parselle@btinternet.com

01-01
Please contact by email any information concerning Francis Aspessi, last
known info was teaching english in Bangkok
nanaspes@beld.net

12-31
From: yamman im searching for my brother in law,his name is DAVID MACREADY he owns
and runs a motor bike shop in phucket i think.he rents a property off
of chatree,and is married to a wife called tookie.

12-31
Nigel Chown and mother--Jo Chown--Nigel works in Thailand--unsure of city--originally from England--his aged mother--my Aunt , has been visiting with him from the beginning of november. My mother who lives in toronto and who is jo Chown's only sister needs to know they are or are not O.K.
contact: lavender@msni.net

12-31
I don't have her family contact number at Thailand but with her mobile at Hong Kong as 852-9034-8468. Her family was supposed to book and stay at Khaolak in either Sofitel, Le Meridien or Novotel according to the latest information from their Hong Kong family.
Yolanda Ho: 1.52m, 100 lb
Macro Lam: 1.45m, 90 lb
TC Lam: 1.68m, 140 lb
andybuk@netvigator.com Mobile: (852)-6020-6021

12-31
I'm trying to get information on a couple of friends, who live on a small island a 20 minute boat ride from the coast of Thailand. Unfortunately, my computer crashed and I don't have the website of their home.
Their names are Peter Gandelman and Jan Garrett.
contact: sschmitz@averioninc.com

12-31-UPDATEFOUND ALIVE AND WELL
Missing my dear friend Dave Sandford (South African)
My last mail from him was 28 Nov,
Then he was in KhaoLak,but wanted to travell to Phi Phi..
We sms to eachother 23 Dec..just to say merry chrismas.
Now he hasn´t answer the phone ore mail the latest days..
I think hes last days was in KhaoLak/PhiPhi
Please contact me if you know where hi is!
tanjalindh@hotmail.com +46763143095

12-31
A MAN FROM HANFORD CALIFORNIA IN THE USA HAS NOT BEEN HEARD FROM YET ..HE WAS ON THE COAST OF THILAND WHEN IT HIT.STILL NO WORD TO HIS CHILDREN OR X WIFE ..HIS NAME IS CHARLIE JACKSON HIS APPROX AGE IS 55 OR 56 YRS OLD PLEASE EMAIL AT caliredhead2@yahoo.com IF ANY INFO LIVED 100 FT IN A CONO OFF SHORES IN THILAND THANK YOU VERY MUTCH..MS BRADY

12-31
I'm looking for news of ALBERTO CIRIO, from Turin, Italy, who was
heading to Koh Lipe, Thailand, according to his last email of the
23/12/04. He has a tatoo of a scorpion on his right arm.
Here's a picture of him:
http://max.fate16.com/alberto_cirio/alberto_cirio.jpg
Anyone with any news, please mail me back at max@corrosive.co.uk

Indian Marine Biologist (Tripathy) Missing

Among the thousands missing after Sunday's tsunami disaster is a young biologist from Cuttack in Orissa, who was working in Great Nicobar.

Even a week after the tsunami disaster, the wife and parents of the young marine biologist have no information on his whereabouts. Ambika Prasanna Tripathy, the biologist, was working on the Leatherback sea turtles near Campbell Bay in Great Nicobar.

The last time he had talked to his family was a week before the tsunami struck the island.

"We don't have any information about him," said Pratibha Tripathy, wife.

Uncertainty looms

Tripathy was camping at Point 41 in Great Nicobar for a research project funded by the Andaman Nicobar Environment Trust ( ANET ).

Because the area is not open to civilians and the communication lines are also dead, the family has been appealing to the Coastguard and local government agencies for information, but all in vain.

"In the news they say the tribal pockets there are alright. If that is the case, the area must also be alright and somebody should have gone and found out about the welfare of the people there, especially the outsiders," said N K Tripathy, the father.

Although Tripathy's wife and father have not lost hopes, it's been a nightmarish, week-long wait for his mother. And until there is some information available on the researcher, each passing minute only adds to the family's worst apprehensions.

Finding missing persons in Myanmar

The Center for Diplomatic Missions has staff on the ground in Myanmar (Burma) and is willing to relay missing persons inquiries for local effort to locate by phone or address visit.

Send the best available data regarding the person sought, include all hotel names, cities and any other data you may have or suspicion -- the more information you provide the better our staff can assist you.

Communications in and out are difficult-to-impossible, but we have Satphone contact with email relay and will be happy to assist as many as possible.

Finding Fernando Bengoechea - Somewhere in Srilanka

"We are searching for my brother, Fernando Bengoechea. We know that he was swept by the waves with his friend, Nate Berkus, and then separated. Nate has been rescued but Fernando is still missing. They were in Sri Lanka at the Sturdust Beach Hotel in Arugam Bay. He is 39 years old, white, 5'8", brown hair, green eyes and has braces in his teeth.
Contact marilisa@maradonausa.com" - CNN.com

"I just happened to find this website while combing the internet looking for any information that can help finding my brother Fernando missing in Sri Lanka.To make it clear, Fernando and Nate are a couple that love each other and I ask you to please help us search for any kind of information that can lead to Fernando. Here is what we know: They were in Sri Lanka at the Sturdust Beach Hotel in Arugam Bay. He is 39 years old but looks a lot younger, white, 5'8", brown hair, green eyes and has braces in his teeth. Thank you all and any lead will be welocome.Marcelo Bengoechea Email marcelo@maradonausa.com" - Zionide.org

Another Missing Persons Website

--From a blog reader---

We have the following website available for anyone to use for free that allows for more detailed searching and reporting of lost/surviving loved ones of the tsunami disaster. Please use it if you see fit, and we welcome any suggestions to improving upon the website. www.findlosttsunamivictims.com

Missing Brother (S.Rathinamani) in Hutbay, Andaman

--- From the blog comments by a blog reader---

I am not able to contact my Brother S.Rathinamani( 42 years ), hiswife R. Selvi ( 34 years ) and his daughter Ms R Sorna Latha( 11years ) since last Sunday after Tsunami attack in Andaman & Nicobarislands.He with his family is staying in Andaman ( Hutbay, Little Andaman -His residence phone number is 03192 - 284403 ). We are unable to gethim in any manner of communication. We are very much worried abouthis and his family members condition. The identity for him would bewhite patches all over his body as he has leukoderma.Request you to find out his status and let me know through my e mailID velumani@wheelsindia.com, my residence phone no 00 91 44 26357224 or my mobile no 91 98410 01464.I will be much grateful to you for this help as we hope to have agood information from you.Thanking you in advance for your prompt replyS.Velmani / 31 B Kannagi Nagar / Korattur / Chennai / Tamil Nadu /Pincode 600 080 / South India

DisasterID.com

After the World Trade Center we built www.disasterid.com. The function of
the program is to match found persons and items with those looking to aid in
identification efforts, and:

1. Provides a platform for rescue workers to enter and house data regarding
found persons and items.
2. For the general public to search said data for identification.
3. For the general public to enter and house data of their missing persons.
4. For rescue workers to search and match persons and items they found with
posted information.

We designed the backend database structure with a scaleable 'on the fly'
category creation tool; so as different identifying categories are realized,
administrators can create categories and sub-categories easily; so as varied
personal articles are recovered, structured data input is possible.

We built it out of frustration from 9/11 as a voluntary effort. We were not
able to get any wide-scale adoption to it during the Trade Center tragedy.
We still believe that the very lengthy process of recovering items and
identifying persons from the World Trade Center would have been greatly
reduced.

We would like to offer the program to India to help in the recovery efforts,
but do not know how to proceed. We would plan to redo the front page and
related site graphics and presentation to a world perceptive rather than the
current US brand.

Looking for a missing person in Thailand?

If you are looking for a person in THAILAND, please use this link.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Coordination Centre for Foreign Nationals Affected by the Massive Tidal Waves.
You can also e-mail.
This is the official Thailand Foreign Affairs Ministry web site and people location e-mail.
http://www.mfa.go.th/tsunami/index_en.php

Looking for a missing person in Sri Lanka?

If you are looking for a missing person in SRI LANKA please use this form.
This is the official SRI LANKA Government Missing Persons Registry.
Due to bad telecommunications we have been unable to contact our volunteers in Sri Lanka.

Hotline numbers for missing people in Thailand, Sri Lanka

Thailand

The Thai government has set up hotlines for relatives to find information about family members in the affected areas.
Phuket: +66-7621-6101 and +66-7621-1001
Phang Nga: +66-7641-1525 and +66-7641-1179
Krabi: +66-7561-1302 and +66-7652-4161
Trang: +66-7521-4382
Satun: +66-7472-2121 and +66-7472-2296
Ranong: +66-7781-3401 and +66-7782-3257

Relatives can also contact the Thai foreign ministry's information center at +66-2-643-5000 or by fax at +66-2-643-5256.

Sri Lanka

Check Sri Lanka tourist board's English language Web site below for up-to-date information from hospitals, police and air carriers. You can reach their 24-hour hotline at +94-11-2437 061.

International Red Cross

You can also contact your national chapter of the International Red Cross or consult the Red Cross Family Links Web site below for help in tracing family members.

Find Missing Persons in Phuket, Thailand

Thanks to an anonymous reader who pointed to this excellent Phuket Gazette (a Local Newspaper in Phuket, Thailand) link where you can view and post information about missing people. It also has tons of information about the numbers you can call.

Links to lists of injured, deceased, missing in the greater Phuket area

This link, phuketitcity.com, will take you to a database in Phuket which keeps an up-to-date list of the deceased and injured in the greater Phuket area.

This link in English is labeled "Lists of unknown person" will take you to a photo gallery of unidentified bodies. This link is legitimate, it was put up by hospitals in the Phuket area in order to help identify those bodies, most of whom were foriengers. We must caution you that the photos are extremely graphic, and they are not intended for gawkers.

Please be respectful and kindly avoid the site unless you are searching for someone who have gone missing in the greater Phuket area. There are a lot of people searching for their loved ones, please leave the bandwidth for those who are in extreme need.

Also this site, Dinsormai.com, has a collection of links that go to pretty much the same database. You could try it there if the first links were unavailable due to high traffic.